Contents:
- Introduction to Werner's GX
- Available variations of Werner's GX
- History
- Contact to the author
'Werner's GX' are four KML script files + four bitmaps for the emulator 'EMU48',
a program, which can simulate various Hewlett-Packard pocket computers
by PC. EMU48 will be able to simulate a 'HP48GX' on a PC with these files.
Werner's GX is based upon 'Casey's GX with Toolbar and Touch Screen' from Casey
Patterson und Sebastien Carlier, which is included in the EMU48 installation files.
Werner's GX offers full keyboard support in comparison to Casey's GX, where some important
keys like the Shift keys can only be
controlled by mouse: so you'll be able to access my GX completely by keyboard :-)))
Also many GX shift key functions are available by one single key stroke!
Details to all keyboard assignments (German and English) you'll find in the included
files 'keyboard_german.html' and 'keyboard_english.html'.
Also I've changed the optical outfit - my new bitmaps include all available
left/right-shift Alpha characters of the HP48GX as well as information to
special keyboard assignments (in grey colour) for simple visual access.
Like this you should be able to use Werner's GX intuitively by keyboard without the need
to study my keyboard-assignments files first.
Important notes:
You need a HP48GX-ROM in EMU48-format (ROM.48G) in your EMU48 directory to run Werner's GX,
and this file is not included in the EMU48 installation! You'll need to download it separately from
www.hpcalc.org at section HP48 Series/PC Files/Emulators.
The best choice is 'HP 48GX Revision R ROM', the latest ROM from HP released for the HP48GX.
After downloading and unzipping you'll need to convert this file into EMU48-format, which can be done easily
with the following command line in your EMU48 installation directory:
convert gxrom-r ROM.48G
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4 different variations of Werner's GX are available:
1. 'Werner's GX with English keyboard support/GX Style'
Files: WO_48GXeStyleGX.kml + WO_GXeGX.bmp
(in GX-style for English keyboards)
2. 'Werner's GX with English keyboard support/SX Style'
Files: WO_48GXeStyleSX.kml + WO_GXeSX.bmp
(in SX-style for English keyboards)
3. 'Werner's GX with German keyboard support/GX Style'
Files: WO_48GXgStyleGX.kml + WO_GXgGX.bmp
(in GX-style for German keyboards)
4. 'Werner's GX with German keyboard support/SX Style'
Files: WO_48GXgStyleSX.kml + WO_GXgSX.bmp
(in SX-style for German keyboards)
English users only should use the two variations (GX- or SX-Style) optimized
for English or US keyboards. The German versions are only accessable
by German keyboards, because they have different keyboard assignments
and bitmaps.
You can choose between 'SX-' and 'GX-Style':
in GX-style the colours are similar to the original HP48GX (pink/green),
in SX-style the colours are similar to the predecessor HP48SX (orange/blue).
I prefer the SX-Style because of it's 'warm' colours - but since Rev. 1.2 you can take
your own preferred choice.
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09.10.2005:
Revision 1.5 with new bitmaps is available. I've fixed the inverted colours of my SX-style
versions, and the GX-style versions now match better to the original design of the HP48GX.
02.10.2005:
Revision 1.4 with fixed KML scripts is available. The former scripts could cause errors while
loading Werner's GX, especially while using non-German keyboards.
29.08.2005:
Revision 1.3 with corrected bitmaps is available.
01.02.2004:
Revision 1.2 is available, featuring also GX-Style versions.
30.12.2003:
Revision 1.1 including error corrections is available.
28.12.2003:
Revision 1.0 of Werner's GX in SX-Style is available.
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'Werner's GX' is a development of Werner Ogrodnik, based on the great preparatory work of Casey Patterson
and Sebastien Carlier.
Don't hesitate to contact me, if you like Werner's GX! Was damned hard work...
Email: feedback@studio4all.de
German Homepage:
www.studio4all.de
English Homepage:
www.studio4all.de/start.html
09 October 2005
Werner Ogrodnik
(Cologne, Germany)
Have fun :-)
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